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Islamic Studies July 1, 2022

The Unfinished History of the Iran-Iraq War

Faith, Firepower, and Iran's Revolutionary Guards

Annie Tracy Samuel

Hosted by SherAli Tareen
The Unfinished History of the Iran-Iraq War: Faith, Firepower, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (Cambridge UP, 2021) represents a fascinating and carefully documented intellectual history of how Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps …

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Anthropology July 1, 2022

War Virtually

The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize Data, and Predict the Future

Roberto J. González

Hosted by Jolon Timms
A critical look at how the US military is weaponizing technology and data for new kinds of warfare—and why we must resist. War Virtually: The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize …
Genocide Studies June 29, 2022

Torture, Humiliate, Kill

Inside the Bosnian Serb Camp System

Hikmet Karčić

Hosted by Christopher Davey
Half a century after the Holocaust, on European soil, Bosnian Serbs orchestrated a system of concentration camps where they subjected their Bosniak Muslim and Bosnian Croat neighbors to torture, abuse …
African American Studies June 29, 2022

The Families' Civil War

Black Soldiers and the Fight for Racial Justice

Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.

Hosted by Omari Averette-Phillips
The Families' Civil War: Black Soldiers and the Fight for Racial Justice (U Georgia Press, 2022) tells the stories of freeborn northern African Americans in Philadelphia struggling to maintain families …
Human Rights June 29, 2022

The Human Tragedy in Yemen

A Discussion with Noria al-Hossini, Communications Director of Mwatana for Human Rights

Noria al-Hossini

Hosted by Ari Barbalat
The civil war in Yemen has going on since 2014. Noria al-Hossini, Communications Director of Mwatana for Human Rights, discusses the war and the numerous human right violations that have occurred …
African American Studies June 28, 2022

Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution

The True Story of Robert Townsend and Elizabeth

Claire Bellerjeau and Tiffany Yecke Brooks

Hosted by Katrina Anderson
Today I talked to Claire Bellerjeau about her book (co-authored with Tiffany Yecke Brooks) Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution: The True Story of Robert Townsend and Elizabeth (Lyons Press, 2021). In January 1785 …
National Security June 27, 2022

Proscribing Peace

How Listing Armed Groups as Terrorists Hurts Negotiations

Sophie Haspeslagh

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
In Proscribing Peace: How Listing Armed Groups as Terrorists Hurts Negotiations (Manchester UP, 2021), Dr. Sophie Haspeslagh offers a systematic examination of the impact of proscription on peace negotiations. With …
Military History June 24, 2022

The Great Battles of All Time

Jeremy Black

Hosted by Charles Coutinho
Cannae and Agincourt, Waterloo and Gettysburg, Stalingrad and Midway, this compact volume, edited by master historian, Professor Jeremy Black, collects the most influential battles and conflicts in history. Covering the …
South Asian Studies June 21, 2022

The 24th Mile

An Indian Doctor's Heroism in War-torn Burma

Tehmton S. Mistry

Hosted by Shatrunjay Mall
The story of India and Indians in World War II has been overshadowed by other historical events of the 1940s, a busy decade that included such historical watersheds as Indian …
General History June 21, 2022

Taking Leave, Taking Liberties

American Troops on the World War II Home Front

Aaron Hiltner

Hosted by Dexter Fergie
During the Second World War, locals in Australia and Britain described American GIs as “overpaid, oversexed, and over here.” But this conflict between civilians and the military didn’t only take …
Arguing History June 21, 2022

Ukrainian Nationalism in Historical Context

A Discussion with John-Paul Himka, David R. Stone, and Alexander Watson

John-Paul Himka, David R. Stone, and Alexander Watson

Hosted by Charles Coutinho
In the midst of the ongoing war between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, it is vital that the lay-educated public understand the historical origins of the conflict. It is with …
National Security June 14, 2022

Subordinating Intelligence

The DoD/CIA Post-Cold War Relationship

David P. Oakley

Hosted by Samuel Canter
In the late eighties and early nineties, driven by the post–Cold War environment and lessons learned during military operations, United States policy makers made intelligence support to the military the …
African American Studies June 14, 2022

Claiming Union Widowhood

Race, Respectability, and Poverty in the Post-Emancipation South

Brandi Clay Brimmer

Hosted by Omari Averette-Phillips
In Claiming Union Widowhood: Race, Respectability, and Poverty in the Post-Emancipation South (Duke UP, 2020), Brandi Clay Brimmer analyzes the US pension system from the perspective of poor black women …
Asian Review of Books June 9, 2022

1965

A Western Sunrise--India's War with Pakistan

Shiv Kunal Verma

Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
The history of India and Pakistan since Partition has been marked by countless skirmishes–and four major wars. The second conflict–the 1965 war between India and Pakistan along the long land …
Political Science June 9, 2022

Reconsidering American Civil-Military Relations

The Military, Society, Politics, and Modern War

Lionel Beehner, Risa Brooks, and Daniel Maurer

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Most existing literature regarding civil-military relations in the United States references either the Cold War or post-Cold War era, leaving a significant gap in understanding as our political landscape rapidly …
Nordic Asia Podcast June 3, 2022

The Forgotten Children of the Second Sino-Japanese War

Kanako Kuramitsu

Hosted by Satoko Naito
Disparaged as "Japanese devils" and "half-breed," some children with Chinese mothers and Japanese fathers born during the Second Sino-Japanese war long looked to Japan as their true homeland. Learn about …
National Security June 3, 2022

Old and New Battlespaces

Society, Military Power, and War

Jahara Matisek and Buddhika Jayamaha

Hosted by Stephen Satkiewicz
War is ever changing. Just within the last decade or so, new domains have opened up as potential battlefields of the present and the future. These range from traditional land …
Anthropology June 3, 2022

Chemical Heroes

Pharmacological Supersoldiers in the US Military

Andrew Bickford

Hosted by Jolon Timms
In Chemical Heroes: Pharmacological Supersoldiers in the US Military (Duke UP, 2021), Andrew Bickford analyzes the US military's attempts to design performance enhancement technologies and create pharmacological "supersoldiers" capable of withstanding …
Jewish Studies May 26, 2022

So They Remember

A Jewish Family's Story of Surviving the Holocaust in Soviet Ukraine

Maksim Goldenshteyn

Hosted by Amber Nickell
When we think of Nazi camps, names such as Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, and Dachau come instantly to mind. Yet the history of the Holocaust extends beyond those notorious sites. In the …
Political Science May 26, 2022

Caricature and National Character

The United States at War

Christopher J. Gilbert

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Dr. Christopher Gilbert, Assistant Professor of English at Assumption College, has a new book that examines the understanding of American national character and culture through the works of caricature and …